Rear Wheel Hub Stuck

[jthorpvoodoo]

Hello All,

I attempted to change my offside rear wheel bearing today.  All was going ok.  I removed the brake hardware, and the hub nut.  According to youtube and haynes, the hub/bearing should just slide off at that point.  Unfortunately mine is rather stuck.

My jazz has rear brake discs.

I put the hub nut back on and whacked it a few times with a club hammer.  I also remounted the brake disc and tapped it with a rubber mallet a few times.  I was hoping the vibration from either/both of these would have freed it up.  Unfortunately it's still stuck.

I was thinking about purchasing a slide hammer in attempts to remove it.

I was wondering if anyone else had this problem on their Jazz and what method they used to remove the rear hub/bearing?

Thanks in advance,
Justin

[bill888]

Do you need a hub puller?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/450741-Heavy-Universal-Puller-Remover/dp/B00K30S1US

[Lord Voltermore]

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[jthorpvoodoo]

Do you need a hub puller?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/450741-Heavy-Universal-Puller-Remover/dp/B00K30S1US

Thanks for the recommendation.  I was wondering if anyone had a preference of using the type/style of puller you mentioned versus a slide hammer type such as:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/maXpeedingrods-Hammer-Puller-Bearing-Remover/dp/B0CZ3FN8GC/ref=ast_sto_dp_puis

I don't have any experience with either, and was wondering if one was much better than the other?

Best Regards,
Justin

[Lord Voltermore]

Google AI  has  has just confirmed my gut feeling.  Slide hammers are better for removing really stubborn ,possibly  rusted ,parts. By using brute force

Threaded pullers are better for removing parts in a more controlled way  if they are merely very tight.   Which would probably suffice in your case.

It partly depends on how  often you expect  to pull hubs in the future.  The slide hammer has the advantage  of other attachments that could make it suitable for other automotive 'pulling' jobs ,including dent pulling  .

If you decide on a threaded  type  you can buy them from about £12.  The one listed by bill888 is £39.99  .Maybe a bit expensive if  if its only likely to be a one off job.   Of course if a screw type is not up to the job you will regret not buying a slide hammer. 

I had a few budget priced  ,probably chinese, bearing and  gear pullers  . The shiny metal 'legs' were always ok,  but on some of them the threaded screw  started to show they were fairly inferior metal. 

There is a bit of a compromise.  If the screw thread is not up to the job , you could  ,with a  bit of ingenuity, contrive a makeshift slide hammer that makes use of the hub adapter and pulls on the threaded bolt. 
You dont necessarily need to find a 5 kg 'hammer' substitute . Under  Newtons law the kinetic energy rises by the square of velocity.As an alternative you could lengthen whatever you use as the slide bar   so the hammer  can reach twice the speed of the shop bought device. A 'hammer' of only 2.5 kg would still produce twice the impact of the 5 kg hammer.   A solid object (or a combination of objects) totalling 2.5 kg may be easier to find.

A bit of a bodge  but IIRC about 50 years ago I produced just such a device using stuff I had to hand.  I wrapped, or bolted a strong chain around what needed to be pulled  and slid a heavy object down the chain to repeatedly  impact against a high tensile bolt through a chain link.  I think I used an old cast iron car jack with the  screw centre removed, in which case it probably weighed more than 5 kg anyway.     But anything you try is at your own risk.